Euro Zone Banks Face Political Pressure After ECB TenderWall Street JournalBy Javier E. David Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Flush with low-cost lucre from the European Central Bank, euro zone banks may now have a new challenge: fending off political strong-arming to buy distressed government debt. While acceding to that pressure ...

A contagion of conflict in China?msnbc.comIn Behind the Wall, NBC News correspondents and producers examine events and trends in China, both big and small. Dozens of police barricaded a highway entrance ramp in Haimen, where protests broke out on Tuesday. By Adrienne Mong and Bo Gu HAIMEN, ...

Analysis - Searching for glimmers of euro zone hope in 2012ReutersBut the combination of the European Central Bank's provision of three-year liquidity for banks averting a credit crunch, the fact yields on Italian and Spanish 10-year bonds have fallen, the first steps towards deeper euro zone fiscal integration and ...

In Eurozone, Year Of Deleveraging Could Prove DangerousHuffington PostThe Netherlands on Thursday became the latest country to report that output shrank in the third quarter, lending credibility to forecasts that the broader euro zone will soon be in recession if it is not already. A generation that gorged on debt is now ...

ESRB's warns financial stresses have worsenedReutersBy Marc Jones and Eva Kuehnen | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The dangers facing Europe's financial system have continued to worsen, Europe's recently created super-watchdog, the European System Risk Board (ESRB), said on Thursday, as it urged the euro zone to ...

Euro crisis, in 2011, triggers debate on existence of EUEUX.TVThe European debt crisis in 2011 developed in such a way that some analysts now argue that the European Union is facing an existential crisis. EUX.TV Producer Laura Fernandez compiled key soundbites from the year that is now ending and talked to Janis ...

What really caused the eurozone crisis?BBC NewsWorld leaders probably spent more time worrying about the eurozone crisis than anything else in 2011. And that was in the year that featured the Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami and the death of Osama Bin Laden. What's more, 2012 looks set to be not ...

Eurozone recovery postponedAustrian IndependentThe Eurozone's gross domestic product (GDP) is destined to stagnate next year, according to an Austrian analysis group. The Viennese Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) said yesterday (Weds) that the Eurozone – which consists of 17 European Union ...

Goldman's O'Neill: I Underestimated Euro-zone IneptnessWall Street Journal (blog)He acknowledged that the euro could wilt as a function of the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis, the region's weaker growth outlook than the US, and because of more easing from the European Central Bank, but he also noted that the bar for a recovery in ...

Euro zone crisis could hurt US statesReutersBy David Gaffen (Reuters) - Should the euro zone debt crisis drag the continent into a recession, states and regions in the United States would not be immune to the fallout across the Atlantic, a report said on Wednesday. ...

Eurozone banks liquidityExaminer.comThe illiquid nature of 523 banks in the Eurozone was on display yesterday asthe banks borrowed money from the ECB's long term loan repayment program. The interestrate on the loans are only 1% andthe collateral that were used to obtain the loans were ...

Bini Smaghi sees role for European QEFinancial TimesBy Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt A top European Central Bank policymaker has called for “quantitative easing” to be used to boost the eurozone economy if deflation risks emerge across the 17-country region. The comments by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, ...Financial Times

Tokyo stocks close 0.77% lower on eurozone debt crisisEconomic TimesJapanese stocks fell 0.77 percent on Thursday ahead of a three-day weekend as investors remained wary over the eurozone debt crisis despite action by the European Central Bank to provide cheap loans to banks. The Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock ...

Eurozone recovery central to US deal revivalFinancial Times“Europe has been holding us back as boards and managements have worried about the potential for another financial crisis. With the stabilisation of Europe, you will see a ton of M&A.” 2011 will be remembered as a year of contrasting halves: the first ...

Canadians expect eurozone debt crisis to impact Canada: pollVancouver SunThe poll, conducted for Postmedia News and Global Television, found that 84 per cent of Canadians believe the current debt crisis in the eurozone will ripple across the Atlantic, affecting Canada as a whole. Only 16 per cent of those polled said they ...

Migrants from euro zone strugglers flock to GermanyReuters AfricaGermany pulled out of the 2008-9 financial crisis faster than its peers, growing by around 3 percent in 2011 as a domestic consumption boom and strong demand for German exports fuelled the economy. Unemployment in Greece is running at 17.7 percent and ...

Eurozone worries end holiday-shortened week in Tokyo exchangeGMA NewsThe European Central Bank's programme to offer cheap loans to eurozone banks might have eased their funding constraints. But many players still doubt whether the operation will be enough to unclog credit markets and ease the region's debt crisis, ...

Ma convenes first meeting on eurozone crisisTaipei TimesPresident Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday said his government would ensure the stability of the local stock market with the National Stabilization Fund as a measure against the eurozone debt crisis. Ma presided over the first meeting of a recently ...

Overseas Stocks Open Lower on Eurozonemyfoxny.com(NewsCore) - Asia markets fell in early trade Thursday amid massive central-bank lending in Europe and a soft lead from Wall Street. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average and South Korea's Kospi each fell 0.3 percent, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index lost ...myfoxny.com

Today on the Eurozone Crisis, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of ...By Arnold KlingEuropeans leaders think their job is to stop "contagion," to "calm markets." They blame "speculation" for their troubles. They keep looking for the Big Announcement that will soothe markets into rolling over another few hundred billion euros of ...EconLog: Library of Economics...

Opinions and News on the Eurozone Crisis, No. - American FutureBy Marc SchulmanWell, so much for my forecasting how equity markets would initially respond to stronger than expected demand from eurozone banks for funds from the ECB's emergency loan program (“longer-term refinancing operations,” or LTROs). ...AMERICAN FUTURE

Federal Union | Solving the financial crisis – who pays?By editorFederal Union and the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust held a discussion on 10 November 2011 about the current financial crisis in the light of the ethics and vision of the European idea. The speakers were: GRAHAM BISHOP, a widely ...Federal Union

Threat of Eurozone Crisis Spillover Weakens the Ruble | Emerging ...By Martina BozadzhievaThreat of Eurozone Crisis Spillover Weakens the Ruble. By Martina Bozadzhieva | Published December 22, 2011. Trend. The ruble is depreciating against the dollar as markets anticipate Russia will run a deficit in 2012. We expect the ...Emerging Markets Insights

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